Andrew Gray (politician)

Andrew Timothy Gray (born 1975) is an American politician. He serves as a Democratic member for the 20th district of the Alaska House of Representatives.^[2][3]

Andrew Gray
Gray testifying before the Anchorage Assembly in October 2021
Member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 20th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 17, 2023
Preceded by	Ivy Spohnholz
Personal details
Born	Andrew Timothy Gray February 16, 1975 (1975-02-16) (age 50) Pasadena, Texas
Political party	Democratic[1]
Alma mater	University of Texas at Austin Baylor College of Medicine
Occupation	Physician assistant

Life and career

Andrew Gray grew up in Friendswood, Texas, outside of Houston. His father was an orthopedic surgeon, and his mother was a hospice nurse.

Gray attended Occidental College and the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature in 1998. Upon graduation, he moved to Anchorage, Alaska, where he worked at Barnes & Noble on C Street. He went on to earn a Master of Science degree in Physician Assistant Studies from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in 2012. He practiced as an Emergency Medicine physician assistant in Beverly Hills, Roseville, and Santa Cruz, California, before taking a job at the Alaska VA health center in 2016. He practiced medicine primarily at the Anchorage campus, but also at the VA’s satellite locations in Kenai, Juneau, Wasilla, and Fairbanks.

Gray also served as a physician assistant in the Army National Guard from 2014 – 2023. He deployed to Kosovo 2019-2020 with the Alaska Army National Guard’s 1-297th Infantry Battalion where he was awarded the meritorious service medal.^[4]

In 2022, Gray defeated Scott Kohlhaas, Jordan Harary and Paul Bauer in the general election for the 20th district of the Alaska House of Representatives, winning 54 percent of the votes.^[5] He succeeded Ivy Spohnholz. He is the first openly gay man elected to the Alaska Legislature.^[3] He assumed office in 2023, and was re-elected in 2024. Gray serves as a member of the House Majority Coalition, Chair of House Judiciary Committee, Co-Chair of the House Joint Armed Services Committee, and as a member of House Health & Social Services Committee, and House Military & Veterans' Affairs Committee.

Since 2021, Gray hosts a weekly interview podcast called East Anchorage Book Club,^[6] which tells the stories of Alaskans of interest and importance.

Electoral history

2024

Primary

2024 Nonpartisan primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrew Gray (incumbent)	1,122	67.5
	Libertarian	Scott Kohlhaas	540	32.5
Total votes			1,662	100.0

General

2024 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 20

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrew Gray (incumbent)	3,927	63.8
	Libertarian	Scott Kohlhaas	2,163	35.1
	Write-in		67	1.1
Total votes			6,157	100.0
	Democratic hold